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How and Why to Implement a Workplace Safety Plan.

Written by EBC | May 11, 2021 1:56:24 AM

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A safe workplace is a more productive workplace! Creating a workplace safety plan can help reduce the risk of employee injury and lower your workers' compensation costs. Follow these steps below to create a workplace safety plan for your company:

Step 1: Inspect and improve your worksite.

Walk throughout your facility and look for any potential hazards, this includes everything from tripping risks to dark lighting. Identify potential injuries from these hazards and create a plan to address them.

Step 2: Conduct a job safety analysis.

Review the job procedure from beginning to end and identify safety practices in every step:

  • First map out the basic steps involved in the task
  • Next, determine any and all potential hazards when completing this task
  • Document safe work procedures 
  • Thoroughly monitor job processes and safety procedures regularly, making improvements as needed

Step 3: Write your plan out.

After inspecting your worksite and conducting your job safety analysis, write out your safety guidelines that explain your processes and expectations. Defining your policies will establish a culture of responsibility and accountability, better manage your risk and have tools readily available if an incident does occur.

Step 4: Train your employees.

Offer on-site training and safety resources. Educating employees helps them understand why safe practices are necessary and how they can use them to help eliminate accidents. Be sure to make safety training part of your onboarding process for new employees.

Step 5: Analyze accidents.

When accidents happen, determine why and how they happened. Document the incident to help identify patterns or recurring issues. This allows you to make necessary adjustments to your worksite and job procedures, and avoid future occurrences.

Stay Safe and visit https://ebchcm.com/ for more information.